“Miss Nettle is the perfect mix. I got her to replace my leghorn. Not flighty, good layer. Very relaxed and easy to love on. She does not lay white eggs though. More of a red/brown. Not like any of my other birds at all. Curious if anyone else has run into a color other then white.”
“I bought 4 Austra White chicks (all female) in Feb/March, they started laying at about 5 mo old, no surprise! But what did surprise me was that 2 of them went broody within 2 weeks of starting to lay :shocked_face_with_exploding_head: I decided to let them set on a few eggs just to see if they would follow through. I now have 5 new additions to the flock! 1 of them is a BEAUTIFUL blue (Australorpe roo + Austra White hen) my daughter named it "Smokey". I couldn't be more pleased with these hens!”
“Got my first order of Austra White (3) on June 3 and my second one today, July 21. The first 3 are wonderful, sweet and love being held, and are healthy. The new dears, look great and drank right away and are now into their food. Love them.”
“We only have one Austra White but she is the most docile and sweetest of our 25 hens. You can pick her up and she doesn't mind being carried around. She is a consistent layer. I am definitely ordering more.”
“I bought these years ago from My Pet Chicken. They were like dogs, and loved being pet and carried around. Great layers, too. Can't recommend them enough.”
“My daughter saved for months to buy her chickens. We bought a flock of hens consisting of 2 austra whites, 2 australorps, 2 Easter eggers, and 2 white marans. Of all their is one austra white, we call her Grease Spot who is her favorite. She has gray legs like an australorp and white with "grease" spots flung around. She was our first layer and the leader of the pack. Her eggs are a beautiful creamy color. Her sibling has yellow legs and is almost entirely white except for a smudge and she has a much smaller comb. Both are great and mypetchicken did a great job packaging our girls for shipping. You can not go wrong with this breed.”
“My Austra White started laying eggs at just over 5 mos old. She laid an egg everyday for 16 days. She now lays eggs about 6-7 days a week. She is definitely my most reliable hen. (She is my only hen laying white eggs).
On a personality level, she is flighty. She does not liked to be touched and is always the furthest away from people, in the flock. She is not a friendly bird.
If you are looking for a great egg layer of white eggs, this is your girl! If you are looking for a friendly backyard pet, I would look elsewhere.”
“I ordered my first chicks 18 months ago. 2 Buff Orpington hens, 2 Barred Rocks (1 rooster, 1 hen) and 2 Austra White hens. Our chickens free range during the day. As is the case where I live, predators are an unfortunate part of the free range life. Our very sweet Buff Orpingtons were sadly taken within a year. My shy and gentle Barred Rock hen died of an unknown illness around a year. My rooster remains vital (even fought off foxes a couple of times) and my 2 Austra Whites are going strong, now 18 months old. These are hearty girls who lay eggs consistently (even through the winter). One did get sick once but recovered and the other broke a leg, and I thought she would not make it, but she recovered as well. They are not particularly affectionate (despite being hand raised) or aggressive, and are somewhat flighty/cautious but I think that has helped in their free range survival thus far. I highly recommend this breed!”
